zero0w Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Update: The slow Flash problem IS fixed with FlashPlayer 7 for Linux. This how-to can be considered obsolete now. Just grab the RPM of FlashPlayer 7 for Linux here: http://macromedia.mplug.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following information only applies to FlashPlayer 6 for Linux: Many users may find that Flash animation in GTK-2.x+ build of Mozilla / Firefox to be very slow, here is what you can do to work around it: 1. Speeding up Flash animation for GTK-2.x+ build (and 2.x+ build only) of Mozilla or Firefox: -> From Mozilla bug #219625 Just export this environment before starting Mozilla / Firefox: export FLASH_GTK_LIBRARY=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 You can add this line to the execute script such as "firefox.sh", so it will be exported by default. 2. BTW, a new Linux Flash plugin update is released, 6.0 r81: # [LinuxFlash] flash-plugin-6.0.81 Update # Macromedia Linux FlashPlayer download # Mozdev: Bug fixed with Flash plugin 6.0 r81 Flash plugin 6.0r81 no longer depends on the old (gcc 2.96) version of libstdc++. 3. Also, it looks like FlashPlayer 7 for Linux Beta is coming: http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/004504.cfm Note: This is re-posted from PCLinuxOnline. Edited June 10, 2004 by zero0w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!nkubus Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 works like a charm. niciest trick since a while :). by the way in firefor do you have a black border on every flash animation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Wrote the script...works great..thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted May 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) Folks, FlashPlayer for Linux 7.0 r25 is released today! -> Macromedia Flash Player Download Center Linux -> FlashPlayer 7 RPM With the new version of Flash plugin, this trick is NO longer required. Enjoy. PS: To install Flash plugin for multiple browsers, you can simply do by creating symlinks at the {browser path}/plugins directory, for example, here's how I installed FlashPlayer 7 for Linux on Mozilla-1.6 and Firefox: 1. Extract the file install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz $ tar -zxvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz 2. Create a directory, and copy the plugin files into it: Let's do it as root so we can allow system-wide access of the plugin: $ su # mkdir /usr/local/flash-plugin # cp libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt /usr/local/flash-plugin 3. Enable the plugin for the browsers you desire: # cd {path of browser}/plugins # rm libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt (Enter this only if there's any prior version existed) # ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so # ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt For example, in Mandrake 10, I have Mozilla-1.6 and Firefox: # cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.6/plugins# ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so # ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt # cd /usr/local/firefox/plugins # ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so # ln -s /usr/local/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt Finish! :D Note: If you don't want to bother with installing plugins w/ these commands, you can just use the RPM package. Edited June 10, 2004 by zero0w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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